As the commander, Yang Sichang came to the commander to encircle and suppress the bandits in the Central Plains this time. The target he wanted to encircle was the bandits who surrendered and rebelled in the Xiangyang area dominated by Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao. Of course, Huizuo Fifth Camp, who has been hiding in the Huanghuo Mountain District of Southern Zhili in recent years, is also the main target of this encirclement.

A few years ago, Yang Sichang was ordered to lead the encirclement and suppression of bandits. At that time, he proposed a plan to suppress the bandits with four main and six corners, with Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and Jiangbei as the four mains, and the four governors were divided into suppression and special defense; Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Sichuan as the six governors were divided into defense and special defense and special defense; this is called a ten-sided net. The governor and the two ministers followed the bandits' direction and specialized in expeditions.

At that time, the imperial court gathered heavy troops, including Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Xiong Wencan, Cao Wenzhao and other generals. Although they were unable to destroy the thieves within March, they did carry out an extermination attack on the thieves. Under his presiding attack, all kinds of thieves were either dead or surrendered, and they could solve the thieves once and for all.

However, the enemy outside the pass frequently invaded, and the court had to transfer Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and other famous generals to the northern border. Later, the Prime Minister Xiong Wencan, who was responsible for continuing to preside over the bandit suppression plan, was determined to recruit bandit bandits, which gave the thieves such as Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Cao Cao, and Lao Huihui to rest.

By this year, the thieves who had licked their wounds finally showed their true nature and surrendered and rebelled one after another. Now, the rebels are becoming more and more popular, and the court has to send Yang Sichang out of Beijing to supervise the army again.

Yang Sichang came here with Shangfang's sword this time. Before coming, the emperor had summoned him personally and had a secret order for him to arrive in Xiangyang. After he arrived, he immediately investigated the crimes of Prime Minister Xiong Wencan and others, and asked him to re-in charge of the bandit suppression.

What Yang Sichang did not expect was that he had just entered Xiangyang and had not yet arrived to summon Xiong Wencan. Xiong Wencan first reported a great victory to him, beheading more than 2,000, capturing more than 2,000, and defeating more than 20,000 bandits. Moreover, these bandits were not ordinary bandits, but the troops who returned to the Left Five Camp like the most powerful rebels today.

When he first saw this good news, Yang Sichang didn't believe it at all, and he was determined to believe that it was Xiong Wencan's stupid move. He believed that Xiong Wencan must have known that he was coming on this trip and would definitely take him down. So he made such a move and falsely reported his record. Maybe there was indeed a battle, but there would never be such a big battle, and such a good record.

"Check it carefully, and you must check it clearly." Yang Sichang issued an order to the Jinyiwei who was accompanying him. Then he lived in the inn on the grounds that he was infected with wind and cold on the road and could not see guests. Xiong Wencan came to visit several times, but was blocked by his servants.

Although the Jinyiwei was relatively low-key in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the huge network of Jinyiwei was still spread all over the world. It was very simple for them to check something. Soon, Jinyiwei checked the details of the Qihuang Victory clearly, and even they found the specific details.

There was indeed a great victory in Qihuang, and more than 2,000 were beheaded and more than 2,000 were captured. However, what surprised both Jinyiwei and Yang Sichang was that it was better to say that it was a great victory in Tiger Head Fort than a great victory in Qihuang. In this entire battle, only Tiger Head Fort fought the most fiercely, and the rest were just confrontation.

"Liu Jun, the training chief of the Macheng regiment, led more than 600 people from Jiutouniao Township regiment and the people in the Hutoubao. He fought fiercely with thousands of bandits led by the invader Zhuntianbao for two days and nights, annihilated more than 1,700 enemies, captured more than 1,000 prisoners, and wiped out all the bandits under Zhuntianbao."

Yang Sichang gently tapped the table, looking at the information in front of him, he was really unbelievable.

"What's the origin of this Liu Jun? Have you found it clearly?"

"When I returned to the commander, Liu Jiye was only twenty years old this year. He was a student of Weiwu in Huangzhou, but he was not a military household in the garrison. His family was a gentry family in Xiwan, Macheng, and his father was a scholar in Macheng. When he was young, Liu Jiye also liked to be in trouble in his hometown. Later, he got into a lawsuit due to a dispute with the village, so he ran to the capital city and was admitted to the Huangzhou Weiwu School with his martial arts skills."

"It's very ordinary." Yang Sichang gave a judgment after hearing this. "What?"

"Then it was a little strange." The Jinyiwei Qianhu said, "Just this year, Liu Jun returned to Macheng's home from the Fucheng Martial Arts, and then somehow got to know Li Changgeng's nephew Li Chunjiang. Later, he established a village horse team with Li Chunjiang, the original Nine-Headed Bird."

"It's not easy to talk about this nine-headed bird. It is said that Liu Jun and Li Chunjiang raised their own money to build this horse team with only more than 100 people at the beginning. Then, after only more than a month of training, they took the initiative to attack and suppress the bandits and wiped out a group of horse thieves who committed the tragedy in Macheng at that time. It was quite impressive."

"It's interesting." Yang Sichang nodded and signaled to continue.

"Later, Liu Jiye recruited new recruits in Taiping Township, Macheng. He happened to encounter a group of bandits attacking the Hutoubao Inspection Department, trapping the inspector at that time. After hearing the news, Liu Jiye actually brought about a dozen Nine-headed Birds and 12 newcomers around him to rescue him, and then defeated more than 300 bandits and beheaded more than 50 levels."

"Have courage."

"Later, Li Chunjiang was a little injured when suppressing bandits, and was about to prepare to participate in the next spring exam, so he withdrew from the Nine-Headed Bird. After that, the Nine-Headed Bird was led by Liu Jun. Because of the achievements of suppressing bandits, Macheng County reported to the army to prepare for the military and let Liu Jun be the inspector of the Hutou Fort. Then the court ordered that various places be organized for the regiment training, and Macheng County asked Liu Jun to be the Macheng Training General, and his Nine-Headed Bird was also converted into Macheng Training. After that, they recruited some people, and this time the thieves attacked, and more than 3,000 bandits died in front of the Nine-Headed Bird and were wiped out."

"Do you know how Liu Jun's nine-headed bird annihilated more than 3,000 thieves in Ma Shouying?"

"We have also inquired about the specific situation, and we have found it from multiple sources, so there will be no mistakes. The specific situation is quite powerful, and I can't believe it." The Jinyiwei Qianhu told the entire Tiger Head Castle battle in detail as if he was a storyteller.

"The Nine-Headed Bird has a large number of firearms and is good at firearms, which is a bit special." Yang Sichang soon discovered the key point. This victory in Hutou Fortress was that the bandits underestimated the enemy, and the second was that the city defense fortifications of Hutou Fortress was quite complicated and powerful. The other was that the Nine-Headed Bird was equipped with a large number of firearms, and the team members were proficient in firearms. These situations were indeed surprising. Ordinary group training would not be equipped with so many firearms, nor would they be so proficient in firearms. Moreover, the Nine-Headed Birds were actually a regular army, which was trained every day and had a lot of money. Most of their salary and weapons were solved by self-raised money. This Nine-Headed Bird is simply a miracle, how did they do it.

Or, how did Liu Jun do it?

Now Yang Sichang is really curious about this Liu Jun.

"I didn't expect that there was such a great young and handsome man in the countryside. Such a talent was only a county-level general manager. It was so incredible." Yang Sichang murmured. He suddenly said to the Jinyiwei Qianhu, "I'm just here in Xiangyang and I'm about to establish the governor's camp. What do you think about transferring Liu Jiye to the camp? Well, just transfer his nine-headed birds together and directly build them into a camp. How about it?"

The Qianhu didn't expect Yang Sichang to ask him this and had to nod.

Nowadays, in the Ming Dynasty, the commanders like Yang Sichang, they would establish their own battalions, and the battalions often had more than one battalion. Sometimes the battalions even had tens of thousands of people. Some were divided into three battalions on the left, middle and right, while others had five battalions on the front, back, left, middle and right, each battalion was either three thousand or two thousand, all of which were the most elite troops.

It is precisely because the commanders, strategy managers, governors, governors, and generals all have their own standard camps and are all elite soldiers, so when they command and mobilize, they also have a higher right to speak. With Yang Sichang's cabinet scholar, he came to the Central Plains to supervise the troops and suppress bandits, and brought Shangfang's sword. Even if he built the model soldiers of the fifth battalion, it would not be strange.

The Jinyiwei Qianhu was secretly envious of Liu Jiye. At only 20 years old, he has been appreciated by the Supervisor. He was transferred to the Supervisor's Bian camp, and then there will be a bright future. What's more, according to the Supervisor's intention, he actually wanted to make Liu Jun and his nine-headed birds form a single camp.

According to the current military system, the command of the first battalion of troops is also a guerrilla. The officers of the central army are usually commanded by generals, even if they are just guerrillas. For Liu Jun, who is now just a small group training, he has rolled up several levels.

The regiment training is only equivalent to the general, and there is also the general of the general, and there is the general of the general, and there is the general of the general, and the general is the general, and the general is the general. If Liu Jun really goes directly to the guerrilla camp, then he will jump over the general, guard and advance to the guerrilla. The county training always takes the eighth-rank military position, and the guerrilla general is a missed position and has no rank. However, those who serve as guerrillas generally have the position of commanding the guards or command assistant, which is roughly equivalent to the level of three, four. Among the military officers of the Ming Dynasty, the guerrilla general is a very high-ranking military position and can command the first battalion of troops.

The difference between this and the general practice is not one or two levels, but it is simply from heaven and earth.

When Yang Sichang was planning to transfer Liu Jun to Xiangyang to meet him, and then considering whether to let Liu Jun be his own guerrilla camp, someone took action before him.

The Prime Minister of Bandit Suppression Xiong Wencan has been having a bad life recently. Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao reversed, which made Xiong Wencan, who advocated the recruitment plan, slapped in the face. However, the thief rebelled in May until now. It has been July. More than two months have passed, Prime Minister Xiong Wencan has not shown any record of bandit suppression that can be taken.

Seeing that Yang Sichang was already holding Shangfang's sword, Xiong Wencan knew that not only was his official position difficult to protect, but his life might even be unsuccessful. He still knew a little about Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. When he wanted to use you, he would be very rewarding, but once you could not meet the emperor's requirements, it would be a terrible ending for you.

At this moment, a report of a great victory for Qihuang was sent to the desk. Although the victory had nothing to do with him before and after, he didn't even know anything about it. But even if he won, Qihuang was still under the jurisdiction of him as the prime minister, then this would naturally be classified as his own achievements.

With this great victory, he finally had some confidence in his heart. He even wrote a tens of thousands of words of memorial that day, sent it straight to the capital and submitted it to the emperor, saying that the matter of suppressing bandits was under his control. This Qihuang victory was just a small victory, and they would give the bandits a heavier blow to it in the future.

Xiong Wencan did not forget the protagonist of this victory, Liu Jun from Tiger Head Castle. While he was happy, he planned to issue a reward order.
Chapter completed!